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Reconciliation Day not holiday because Quebec needs more productivity: Legault
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province cannot afford to make the national day honouring victims and survivors of residential schools a statutory holiday. Legault told reporters today the pro...
Sep 30, 2021
Planned recruiting ads aimed at women as military struggles with sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - An expert on sexual misconduct says it would be dishonest for the Department of National Defence to promote the military as a positive place for women to work in a coming campaign after wides...
Sep 30, 2021
'Reconciliation demands honesty and transparency,' says chief of B.C. First Nation
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief of British Columbia's Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says Indigenous people have had enough apologies and now want action from the Catholic Church and federal governmen...
Sep 30, 2021
Metis National Council elects first new president in 18 years
SASKATOON - The Metis National Council has elected its first new leader in nearly two decades. Cassidy Caron, who previously served as youth minister with Metis Nation of B.C., became the first woman ...
Sep 30, 2021
Canada's top court to rule on Ontario's move to slash Toronto city council
TORONTO - Canada's top court is expected to rule Friday on whether Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to slash the size of Toronto's city council during the last municipal election was constitutiona...
Sep 30, 2021
'Ready to respond': Ottawa reiterates COVID-19 support for Saskatchewan
REGINA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to provide any supports necessary to help Saskatchewan with its COVID-19 crisis. In a conversation with Premier Scott Moe yesterday, the Prime Minis...
Sep 30, 2021
Families of Canadians trapped in Syria turn to Federal Court to force government help
OTTAWA - The families of Canadians trapped in northern Syria are asking the Federal Court to force Ottawa to help them. The 11 families say in a court filing that the government's refusal to step in a...
Sep 30, 2021
New executive director for Red Deer Dream Centre
Officials with a new recovery centre planned to open in downtown Red Deer in the coming months, have announced a new executive director for the facility.Dr. Vincenzo Aliberti, is expected to provide d...
Sep 30, 2021
One bath a week: ombudswoman says Quebec home care has been insufficient for years
Quebec's ombudswoman says there are some home care providers in the province that only offer one bath per week for seniors who do not have skin conditions. Marie Rinfret released her annual report tod...
Sep 30, 2021
Boy shot, wounded at Tennessee school; juvenile detained
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A teenage boy was shot and critically wounded Thursday at a school in Memphis, Tennessee, and police detained a second boy believed to be the shooter. The K-8 school was placed o...
Sep 30, 2021